BTTC 2010

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Michael Hutchinson and Bradley Wiggins chat, just after finish.

Yesterday was the 2010 British Time Trial Championships in Llandeilo, Wales. Apart from closing roads to traffic, it was as close as you can get to a real pro race. The course was testing, for the senior men 52KM. For the Masters, Women and juniors – 32KM. The womens race was won by Emma Pooley, just ahead of Julia Shaw and Wendy Houvenghal. In the Men’s race, Bradley Wiggins was the clear winner averaging a phenomenal 30mph for the 52Km. He led in a Sky One, Two, Three, with top domestic rider Michael Hutchinson just edged out of the podium place. In the Senior Men category, I was 24th place in a time of 1:14:24 (26.2mph). At one point Chris Froome (Sky) came flying past me. I was doing 33mph, so he must have been really going fast.

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Chris Froome and Andrew Tennant (I think)
There was a short climb through the village of Llandeilo, which was a great buzz as a large crowd were there to cheer on the riders. After finishing, I took my camera and nipped back to the finish to take a couple of photos of the top riders who went off last. I ended up riding back to HQ with Gerraint Thomas, who finished 3rd. He seemed a very nice, modest guy, quite at ease talking about cycling. I forgot for a few minutes, this was the guy who at one stage was second in this years Tour. I’m sure he has a great career ahead of him, I’d like to see him do well. Funny, next week he has the Tour of Britain, I have the start of the school term. Later in the year he has the Commonwealth Games, I will have a few hill climbs. But, it’s a great sport when you can race in the same event as the best athletes in the sport.
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After getting back from New York, I felt somewhat demotivated from racing. On Saturday, I did  my slowest 10 of the year (21:44). I toyed with not starting the BTTC championships, but, glad I made the long trek down to south Wales, a very well organised event.

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6 Responses to BTTC 2010

  1. pj September 9, 2010 at 6:34 pm #

    can’t imagine john woodburn saying that one was a chipper.

  2. tejvan September 6, 2010 at 6:17 pm #

    Yes, and No. You kind of expect to be overtaken a little. But, it’s a funny feeling waiting for a rider to come flying past. Also inspiring to see a bike cycled so fast.

  3. Patrick September 6, 2010 at 1:29 pm #

    how demotivating must it be to be doing 33mph only to be passed by another cyclist?!

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